Tests and Diagnostics
GARD 8000 SYS RFL Electronics
February 14, 2011 11-34 973.334.3100
Active Timing Mode:
Indicates the active timing source for the communications interface. This is typically the same
as the Timing Mode setting unless there is a problem detected with the master clock source.
GARD Subsystem:
Identifies what communications bus, 1 or 2, the Fiber Optic interface module is assigned to.
Clock Mode:
Indicates if the interface is the communications system clock source, master, or receives its
communications clock, slave. One interface on each of the GARD 8000 communications buses
must be configured as the master source; the remaining interfaces must be configured as slaves.
Fall-back Timing:
Indicates the source of communications timing programmed if the master clock source fails.
Accumulated Errors:
Provides a count of total errored words since last reset.
Errors per Second:
Provides a count of the number of errored words that occurred over the last second.
Errored Seconds:
Provides a count of the total number of errored seconds since the last reset.
Reset Error Counters button:
Provides the user a means to reset the error counters of the Fiber Optic interface module.